AIIMS-Delhi server down for 7th day; 2 suspended

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AIIMS-Delhi server down for 7th day; 2 suspended

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The server of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi remained out of service for the seventh consecutive day on Tuesday even as official sources said e-hospital data has been restored on the servers. The network is being sanitised before the services can be restored as all...
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Fire breaks out in Mumbai's Sanjay Gandhi National Park

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A fire broke out inside the Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Mumbai on Tuesday night, a civic official said, adding that efforts were on to douse it. The park, spread over 87 sq km, is home to several species of wild animals including leopards. The fire broke out around 10 pm, and four...
23:08

Maha to set up differently-abled welfare department

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Maharashtra will soon get a dedicated 'divyang welfare department', deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Tuesday. The state cabinet also decided to give a boost for filling up 75,000 posts in 14 departments in the 75th year of Independence, a statement said. A formal...
22:38

YouTube removes 17L videos in India between Jul-Sep for violating community norms

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YouTube has removed over 17 lakh videos uploaded from India during the July-September quarter for violating the company's community guidelines, the Google-owned firm said on Tuesday. Between July and September 2022, in India over 1.7 million videos were removed for violating YouTube's...
22:12

Daler Mehndi's farmhouse in Gurugram sealed

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Authorities sealed three illegally constructed farmhouses, including one belonging to Punjabi singer Daler Mehndi, located near Damdama lake at Sohna on Tuesday, a senior official of Haryana's department of town and country planning (DTCP) said. These were unauthorised farmhouses in the...
21:45

Will Smith makes first TV appearance since Oscar 'slap' moment

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The Fresh Prince has finally stepped back into the spotlight.      Hollywood icon Will Smith finally made his way back to mainstream television with an upcoming interview on The Daily Show With Trevor Noah, the Variety reported.   In a conversation with late-night...
21:04

CRPF commando killed in Maoist attack in Bastar

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A commando of the Central Reserve Police Force's jungle warfare unit CoBRA was killed on Tuesday when Maoists opened fire near a camp of the paramilitary force in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, the police said. The incident took place between 4:30 pm to 5 pm between Dabbakonta and Pentapad...
20:50

China launches three astronauts for its space station

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China on Tuesday launched a spacecraft with a three-person crew to its under-construction space station amid intensifying competition with the United States. The Shenzhou-15 spaceship carrying the aircraft was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China. It...
20:14

Adani bags Rs 5,069-cr Dharavi redevelopment plan

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The Adani Group has emerged as the highest bidder for the 259-hectare Dharavi redevelopment project, a top official said on Tuesday. The group has put in a Rs 5,069 crore bid for the redevelopment of one of the largest slum sprawls in the world, outbidding DLF, which had quoted Rs 2,025...
19:55

Bike taxi driver, friend rape 22-year old woman in Bengaluru

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A 22-year old woman was allegedly raped by a bike taxi driver and his friend, when she had hired the service to get dropped at a friend's place, the police said on Tuesday. They said the incident is said to have taken place during the intervening night between Friday and Saturday, in the...
19:27

Uttarakhand introduces stricter anti-conversion bill

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Uttarakhand Vidhansabha building/ANI
The winter session of the Uttarakhand assembly began on Tuesday with a more stringent anti-conversion bill among ten legislations tabled in the House. To be called Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Act, 2022, the bill seeks to make unlawful conversion a cognisable and non-bailable...
18:43

Lapid should apologise for remarks: Israeli director

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Nadav Lapid
Veteran Israeli filmmaker Dan Wolman says it was improper for his colleague and friend Nadav Lapid to express his personal opinion about The Kashmir Files at the closing ceremony of the 53rd International Film Festival of India. Lapid, who served as the chairperson of IFFI's international...
18:28

Two NC leaders, many others join BJP in Jammu

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Two National Conference leaders and more than 200 political and social activists joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in Jammu on Tuesday in the presence of the party's Jammu and Kashmir unit president Ravinder Raina. The National Conference leaders who joined the BJP were provincial vice...
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Will quit films if Kashmir Files story wrong: Agnihotri

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The Kashmir Files director Vivek Agnihotri on Tuesday said he will quit filmmaking if intellectuals, including Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid, are able to prove that events depicted in his film are false. A day after Lapid, who served as the chairperson of IFFI's international jury termed The...
17:31

Dravidian outfit claims TN Guv Ravi 'holds office of profit,' approaches HC

Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi (right)
Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi (right)
A Dravidian outfit has filed a writ petition in the Madras high court claiming that Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi holds an 'office of profit' as he is the chairman of the Auroville Foundation and thus he has incurred a 'disqualification' and prayed that he should, hence, be removed from his...
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SC allows Mumbai Metro to pursue Aarey tree felling

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The Supreme Court on Monday permitted Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd to raise with the relevant authority its plea for felling 84 trees at Mumbai's Aarey Colony for constructing train ramps at its car shed project. A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha...
16:49

Dog walker beaten up, pet kicked at housing society's elevator in Mumbai

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A 24-year-old dog walker was beaten up and a pet dog was kicked for refusing to alight an elevator in a housing complex in the western suburb Sakinaka in Mumbai, the police said on Tuesday. The incident took place at Arum housing society in Nahar Amrit Shakti area on Monday night, an...
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Yoga guru Ramdev apologises for remark on women

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Yoga guru Ramdev has apologised for his remark on women for which the Maharashtra State Commission for Women had issued him a notice, the panel's chairperson Rupali Chakankar said.          At a public event in Maharashtra's Thane district last week, Ramdev said...
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Maharashtra Police receive more than 11 lakh applications for 18,331 vacancies

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The Maharashtra Police have received more than 11 lakh applications for 18,331 posts of constables, drivers as well as for personnel in the State Reserve Police Force, an official said on Tuesday.           In the wake of such a large number of aspirants trying to...
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EC to hear Shiv Sena factions on Dec 12

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The Election Commission will hear the warring factions of the Shiv Sena led by Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde on December 12, official sources said on Tuesday.  They said the symbol dispute of the party has reached the stage of substantive hearing. December 12 has been set as the date...
15:56

Raveena Tandon's visit to Tiger reserve under scanner

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The Satpura Tiger Reserve authorities have started an investigation after a video purportedly showed a vehicle, in which Bollywood actor Raveena Tandon was allegedly travelling, close to a tiger during a safari, an official said on Tuesday.           The video,...
15:52

Mamata raps official over inadequate arrangements

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday stalled a programme in North 24 Parganas and pulled up the district magistrate over his failure to bring to the venue the blankets and winter garments she has bought for distribution among locals.  Banerjee, in the presence of locals,...
15:31

Insult of every Gujarati: BJP on Kharge's 'Ravan' jibe at Modi

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The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday accused the Congress of insulting every Gujarati after its president Mallikarjun Kharge threw Ravan barb at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and urged people to teach the opposition party a lesson through their votes.  BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra asked...
15:12

Kashmir Files row: Complaint against Israel filmmaker

Israel director Nadav Lapid
Israel director Nadav Lapid
A Supreme Court lawyer on Tuesday filed a complaint with the Goa police against International Film Festival of India (IFFI) jury head Nadav Lapid for allegedly abusing Hindu community's sacrifice made in Kashmir by calling the movie 'The Kashmir Files' as 'vulgar' and 'propaganda'.Advocate Vineet...
14:52

Yatra effect: Rahul Gandhi says he feels more patient now

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Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has said he feels some changes in himself during the ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra, including more patience and the ability to listen to others.          Gandhi arrived in Indore district of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday after covering a distance of...
14:32

Called Anupam Kher to apologise: Israeli envoy

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The debate over The Kashmir Files will strengthen relations between India and Israel, Israel's Consul General to Midwest India Kobbi Shoshani said on Tuesday while distancing himself and the state from filmmaker Nadav Lapid's remarks on the film.  Shoshani, who shared the dais with...
14:13

Aaftab Poonawala's narco test on December 1

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A court Delhi on Tuesday allowed Delhi Police to conduct a narco test on Aaftab Amin Poonawala at the forensic science laboratory in Rohini, Poonawala's counsel said.   Abinash Kumar, Poonawala's counsel, said that the police had filed an application for taking Poonawala to FSL, Rohini,...
13:29

Embarrassment for govt: Cong on Kashmir Files row

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The Congress on Tuesday attacked the government over Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid's criticism of The Kashmir Files at International Film Festival of India (IFFI), calling it an embarrassment and saying that hate eventually gets called out.  The attack by the Opposition party leaders...
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More pandits killed after Kashmir Files: Sanjay Raut

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Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Tuesday backed Nadav Lapid, International Film Festival of India (IFFI) jury head over his critisim of the film 'The Kashmir Files'. It's true about Kashmir Files. There was propaganda by one party against another, Raut told ANI and alleged 'maximum number of...
12:44

'Abdul' will mop up floor for BJP after poll results: Azam Khan

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In a jibe against people leaving his side and joining the ruling party, senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan has said that after the declaration of the results of the Rampur assembly bypolls 'Abdul' will mop up the floor for the Bharatiya Janata Party.  Abdul (Muslim section) will no...
12:38

Campaigning for 1st phase of Gujarat polls to end today

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The campaigning for the first phase of elections in 89 out of the total 182 seats in Gujarat will end on Tuesday.  Elections for the first phase will be held on December 1.Voting for the remaining 93 seats will be held on December 5.    Bharatiya Janata Party president J...
12:30

Insult to horror faced by KPs: BJP on IFFI row

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Bharatiya Janata Party's Amit Malviya on Tuesday compared Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid's condemnation of The Kashmir Files to the denial of Holocaust, the killing of millions of Jews by Hitler's regime.  The party's IT department head said, For the longest time, people even denied the...
12:19

Gen Asim Munir takes charge as Pak's new Army chief

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General Asim Munir, Pakistan's former spymaster, on Tuesday assumed charge as the country's new Army chief, replacing Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa who retired after two consecutive three-year terms. Munir assumed charge during an impressive ceremony at the General Headquarters (GHQ), becoming the...
12:13

24 Indian fishermen arrested by Sri Lanka Navy

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The Sri Lankan Navy has arrested 24 Indian fishermen and seized their five trawlers for allegedly poaching in the country's territorial waters, an official statement said on Tuesday.  The fishermen were arrested on Monday evening in a joint operation by the Navy and the Sri Lanka Coast Guard...
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Lowest Covid cases recorded in India since April 2020

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India logged 215 new coronavirus infections, the lowest since April 2020, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,46,72,068, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday.  The active cases further declined to 4,982, while the death toll climbed to 5,30,615 with one...
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Aaftab attack: Security beefed up outside FSL office

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Security has been beefed up outside the Forensic Science Laboratory in Rohini where Aaftab Amin Poonawala, accused of killing his live-in partner, was allegedly attacked by some weapon-wielding people, officials said on Tuesday.  Poonawala was attacked on Monday by some people outside the...
11:47

Ex-ISI chief Lt Gen Faiz Hamid decides to retire early: Reports

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Lieutenant General Faiz Hamid, the former ISI chief and one of the top military officers of Pakistan, has opted to seek an early retirement, days after he was shortlisted but not appointed as the Army chief, according to media reports on Tuesday. Gen Hamid was one of the six senior-most...
10:57

Truth is most dangerous thing: Kashmir Files director

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A day after Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid termed his film a propaganda, The Kashmir Files director Vivek Agnihotri in a cryptic social media post said truth is the most dangerous thing as it can make people lie.  Agnihotri's reaction comes after veteran actor Anupam Kher, who starred in...
10:31

Measles outbreak in Mumbai: 11 new cases, 1 suspected death

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Mumbai has reported 11 fresh measles cases and one suspected death amid the outbreak of the viral infection in the city, a civic official said.With the latest cases, the infection tally in the metropolis so far this year has gone up to 303. The number of confirmed deaths from measles stands at...
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'If holocaust was right...': Anupam Kher on IFFI row

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Veteran actor Anupam Kher on Tuesday said it is shameful on the part of IFFI (International Film Festival of India) jury head Nadav Lapid to term his film The Kashmir Files as propaganda and vulgar at the festival's closing ceremony.  Duiring the closing ceremony of the IFFI on On...
09:49

BSF shoots down drone along India-Pak border in Amritsar

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The Border Security Force has shot down a drone that sneaked into the Indian side from Pakistan in Punjab's Amritsar district, officials said on Tuesday.   The BSF personnel fired at the drone on Monday night after they noticed it entering the Indian territory near Chaharpur village,...
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You should be ashamed: Israeli envoy to IFFI jury head

Israeli envoy Naor Gilon with I&B minister Anurag Thakur
Israeli envoy Naor Gilon with I&B minister Anurag Thakur
Israel ambassador to India Naor Gilon on Tuesday slammed his fellow countryman and filmmaker Nadav Lapid for calling 'The Kashmir Files' propaganda and vulgar at the 53rd International Film Festival of India. Gilon said that Lapid, who was the jury head at the IFFI 2022, should be ashamed of...
08:57

UK delivering on new FTA with India: Rishi Sunak

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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has reiterated the UK's commitment to a Free Trade Agreement with India as part of the country's wider focus on enhancing ties with the Indo-Pacific region.Delivering a talk Monday night at the Lord Mayor of London's Banquet -- his first major foreign policy...
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Anupam Kher reacts to IFFI jury head who called Kashmir Files 'vulgar'

Anupam Kher in 'The Kashmir Files'
Anupam Kher in 'The Kashmir Files'
Actor Anupam Kher, who played a key role in The Kashmir Files took a swipe at IFFI jury head Nadav Lapid for calling the film propaganda, vulgar at the festival's closing ceremony on Monday. Referring to Lapid's remarks, Anupam Kher tweeted, No matter how high the height of the lie is.. It...
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Jammu's biggest warehouse to issue bills in Sanskrit

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In a bid to popularise Sanskrit language, a traders' body in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday announced to issue bills of products in the city's biggest warehouse in the ancient language. The body will also inaugurate a Sanskrit market in the biggest and oldest grain mandi of the Union...
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Pak forces gun down TTP commander, 10 terrorists

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A high-valued Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan commander was killed along with ten other terrorists in a fierce gun battle during an encounter in northwest Pakistan on Monday, security sources said. TTP commander Tipu and ten others were killed in the shootout between Tehreek-e-Taliban...